Aditya Birla Group: A journey unparalleled

Aditya Birla Group has been big in my life in many ways, the most important of them being listed above.

The biggest challenge in my life came in the year 2014. I was in my first year of college life trying to manage Chartered Accountancy tuitions and compulsory attendance in college. It was becoming difficult with every passing day, to juggle between the hectic college schedule and the 12-hour tuitions. With end term approaching, the mandate of 75% attendance was looming over our heads. I failed to meet that benchmark by .5%. As a result, I along with 35 other students were asked to repeat the entire first year. It was the most difficult situation in my life, since, I had not failed in a single exam since kindergarten, while in that year, I failed in two things simultaneously – IPCC and my first step to a new future after school – college. I was devastated. However, I tried maintaining my sanity. Instead of repeating the first year, we changed our college. We shifted to a place where attendance was not a mandate. Most of us were pursuing CA tuitions and we didn’t want a mishap like this to happen anytime soon. Once was enough for a lifetime. So, I changed my college and sat for IPCC again. Being infamously famous for being one of the toughest exams to crack in the country, studying for any chartered accountancy exam once is difficult, but studying for it the second time is close to suicidal. That too with the burden of losing a year weighing on your mind. Nevertheless, I managed to clear it and what more, I was given a chance for article-ship at KPMG (one of the biggest names in the auditing industry). There was no looking back after that. I cleared my CA final exams in the first attempt post that, becoming only the second person in my firm’s locational history to achieve that feat. I went on to lead engagements, acting as a reviewer and being an asset to my team and my firm.

 I learnt, that, whenever we think that all doors are closed, one is always open. Whatever happened, it occurred because of a reason.